If there’s anything I’ve been habitually bad at, it’s resting. This has always seemed full of irony to me, given that I’m a Biblical Studies student. All over Scripture is talking of rest, not violating the Sabbath, looking forward to the true Sabbath, and basically a whole lot about learning that the world doesn’t depend on us, and that taking a break is necessary. Nonetheless, I’ve always caught myself inside of a catch-22: if I...
This past weekend I went on a women’s retreat to Lake Arrowhead with my church, Redeemer Church in La Mirada. I have to admit, that I was a bit wary about writing this post on a women’s retreat, since my past few posts have been a series on Ruth, my last post was about Hello Kitty, and I don’t want to get pegged as the girl who writes about women’s issues. I’m also not one...
Growing up in a Filipino-American conservative Protestant church, and having parents who converted from Roman Catholicism (the prevalent religion in the Philippines) to “born-again” Christianity, I was well aware of the ways we disagreed with Roman Catholics – how our faith was about grace, and how their faith was about works. It was an “us” vs. “them” kind of mentality. I learned the ways of how to evangelize to Catholics, to tell them the true...
Next week begins a new opportunity for me. After several months of networking new connections, broadcasting my interest, data mining essential research, the Lord has truly provided an opportunity for advancement in my work that is beyond what I could have even crafted for myself. Looking forward to this opportunity, I can’t help but think about envisioning what success will look like: shattering established goals, doubling high value client relationships, propelling my team forward in...
2012, Day 4- Resolved to: Revel in Your Rest, and for my soul to be Pacified in Your peace…[1] This last week, I had my first experience with the popular stretching-exercise phenomenon we refer to as Yoga. For the last month and a half, I have been detained from my usual workout routine due to posterior tibial tendonitis (don’t let it happen to you). As a result, I’ve been forced to explore some other low...
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